Authorities seem to think the masses are stupid, but then fail to do the bare minimum to educate them on the metrics that matter.
The sad thing is people are definitely smart enough to realize that just raw case numbers don’t matter. But then they don’t take the additional, and granted fairly tedious step, of figuring out which numbers do matter(hospitalization rates, positive test rates, death numbers, ICU usage rate in their area).
Or maybe it’s pure red tribe blue tribe on a global scale(or rather with variations in different countries) and I’m being naive and hopeful.
I’ve found this to be much worse than just what you’re claiming. Like how ‘most people claim to be above average’, I’ve noticed a lot of people claiming that most other people are stupid.
That’s a really weird situation – a significant proportion of people think that almost everyone else can’t handle hard truths (about whatever).
Or maybe it’s pure red tribe blue tribe on a global scale …
I think this is true, but in a weird ‘fractal’ number of dimensions beyond the obvious political coalitions. It’s more like many-dimensional culture war than pure { red tribe / blue tribe } conflict, at least based on my own experience and personal observations.
Authorities seem to think the masses are stupid, but then fail to do the bare minimum to educate them on the metrics that matter.
The sad thing is people are definitely smart enough to realize that just raw case numbers don’t matter. But then they don’t take the additional, and granted fairly tedious step, of figuring out which numbers do matter(hospitalization rates, positive test rates, death numbers, ICU usage rate in their area).
Or maybe it’s pure red tribe blue tribe on a global scale(or rather with variations in different countries) and I’m being naive and hopeful.
I’ve found this to be much worse than just what you’re claiming. Like how ‘most people claim to be above average’, I’ve noticed a lot of people claiming that most other people are stupid.
That’s a really weird situation – a significant proportion of people think that almost everyone else can’t handle hard truths (about whatever).
I think this is true, but in a weird ‘fractal’ number of dimensions beyond the obvious political coalitions. It’s more like many-dimensional culture war than pure { red tribe / blue tribe } conflict, at least based on my own experience and personal observations.